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TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



MARKETING. 



On April 1, 1914, the cattle were shipped to the Fort Worth market. 

 They were driven from the feeding pens to the shipping pens between 

 10:45 and 11:45 A. M. and were immediately loaded on the cars. They 

 were unloaded at Fort Worth April 2, at 7 A. M., and in order to 

 ascertain their shrinkage from shipping and the fill they would take, 

 they were weighed before receiving water or feed. The data obtained 

 are presented in the following table : 



TABLE 11. 



SLAUGHTER RECORD. 



The cattle were sold to Swift & Co., who kindly furnished us the 

 yields in beef and their estimate of the different lots dressed and in the 

 cooler, the latter being expressed in the following communication: 



FORT WORTH, TEXAS, April 8, 1914. 

 Prof. J. C. Burns, College Station, Texas. 



DEAR SIR: Attached you will find statement of yields on five lots of 

 cattle killed April 3rd,, which were fed at A. and M. College. 



In comparing the relative value of these cattle would place them 

 as follows: 



Lot No. 4. 



Lot No. 3. 

 Lot No. 2. 

 Lot No. 1. 

 Lot No. 5. 



You understand the requirements of the ideal bullock are thickness 

 in conformation, well covered with fat, which should be evenly dis- 

 tributed, and a bright color both in the fat and lean portions. 



In commenting on your several lots, would say that Lot No. 4 is well 

 finished with a very desirable color. 



Lot No. 3 is not as well finished as Lot No. 4, not having as much 

 fat, although color is as good. 



There is very little to distinguish between Lot No. 2 and Lot No. 1, 



